Our Faculty

Dr. Aday is professor of Sociology/Anthropology. His research centers on women's health
concerns in prison and domestic violence. He has authored the book, Women Aging in
Prison. For Women's and Gender Studies minors, he teaches SOC/CDFS 4140 Violence in
the Family.

Dr. Badley is professor of English. Her research centers on gender in the horror and
science fiction genres. For Women's and Gender Studies minors, she teaches WGST 4213
Gender and Horror and ENGL 3880 Women and Film.

Dr. Barnett is professor of English at MTSU. Her research centers on women and performance.
For Women's and Gender Studies minors, she teaches ENGL 3730 Women Writers of the
Twentieth Century, and ENGL 2020 Women Who Kill (Honors).

Elyce Rae Helford, PhD, is former director of Women's Studies (2000-2008) and professor
of English (since 1992). For the minor, she teaches WGST 2100 WGST 3500, ENGL 3880,
and ENGL 3885 for the gender studies track. In the past, she has also taught ENGL
3730. Dr. Helford's research, like her teaching, centers in gender and cultural studies,
with emphasis on gender representation in 20th-century American literature, television,
and film.

Dr. King is associate professor of English. Within the Women's and Gender Studies
department she teaches WGST 2100 Introduction to Women's Studies, and WGST 4500 Feminist
Theory. She also teaches ENGL 3725 Nineteenth-Century Women Writers. She approaches
Women's and Gender Studies from a cultural studies perspective, particularly in terms
of norms constructed by capitalism and its supporting ideology of liberalism.

Dr. Lee is associate professor of English. Her research addresses representations
of gender and racial identity in Asian/Asian American women's writing. For Women's
and Gender Studies minors, she teaches ENGL 3730 Women Writers of the Twentieth Century.

Dr. Webber is assistant professor of Sociology. Her areas of interest are Gender,
Family, Intersection of Gender and Work, and Qualitative Methods. For Women's and
Gender Studies minors, she teaches SOC 3400 Gender and Society (Distance Learning).